Punching-bag



(No Model.) `PUNGHINGBAG.

No. 600,777. Patent-ed Mar. 15,1898.-

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HORACE B. FRAZIER, OF SIXLOUIS, MISSOURI.

PUNCHlNG-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,777, dated March15, 1898. Application filed Tune 7, 1897. Serial No. 639,700. (Nomodel.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE B. FRAZIEP., of the city of St. Louis, Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPneumatic Punching-Bags, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to pneumatic punching-bags; and it consists of thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinaftershown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan View, parts being broken `away to more clearlyillustrate the construction. Fig. 2 is a central section taken,approximately, on theline 2 2of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a View analogous toFig. 2 and showinga modified construction, parts being broken away toeconomize space. l

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, the outer casing 4is constructed of sections of leather 5, said sections being cut in suchshape that when sewed together by the stitching 6 a casing isconstructed which is circular in plan and elliptical in elevation orvertical section. The points of the sections 5 are cut away at each end,thus producing the circular openings 7 and 8in the casing. The circularopening 7 is closed by the button 9, consisting of the cap 10 and theeyelet 11, securely locked together byinserting the end 12 of the eyeletinto the annular flange 13 of the cap. The inner end of the eyelet is agreat deal larger than the end 12 and is placed in position against theinner face 0f the casing, with the end 12 projecting outwardly throughthe casing. The cap 10 is placed in position against the outer face ofthe casing, with the end 12 of the eyelet inserted into the annularflange 13,projecting inwardly from the cap. The tool is theninsertedinto the casing through the opening 8 and placed against theeyelet,and the cap 10 is hammered securely into position, thus forming asecure binding for the edges of the casing around the opening 7. Thelarge eyelet 14 is placed in the opening 8, as required to form a securebinding for the edges of the sections 5 around said opening. The centralportion of the eyelet 14 is turned outwardly, as shown in Fig. 2.

The opening 8 is closed by the concavo-convex perforated disk 15, saiddisk being considerably larger than said opening and curved tocorrespond to the curvature of the casing 4. An elastic inflatable sack16 is placed in the casing 4, and the flexible tube 17 extends from saidsack outwardly through a central opening in the disk l5` and serves as ameans of iniiating and deating the sack 16. The metallic loop 18 has itsends attached to the disk 15 upon opposite sides 0f the central openingin said disk, and the central portion of said loop extends outwardlythrough the opening 8 and serves as a means of attaching thepunching-bag to its support. By this construction I do away with thenecessity of using laces, all parts ofthe casing 4 being secured rigidlyand permanently together.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 I omit the eyelet 14. The metallicring 19is placed inside of the casing and adjacent to the opening 8, andthe edge 20 of the casing 4 is turned inwardly around the ring 19 andsecured to itself by the stitching 21, thus making a very secure bindingaround the opening 8.

I claim- 1. In a punching-bag, an outer casingcoustructed with anopening, a concavo-convex disk located within said casing and designedto close said opening, said concavo-convex disk having a small centralopening, an iniiatable sack located within said casing and having a tubeextending through the central opening in said concavo-convex disk andsuitable means of attaching to said concave-convex disk, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a punching-bag, an outer casing constructed with an opening, aconcavo-convex disk located within said casing and designed to closesaid opening, said concavo-convex disk having a small central opening,an inilatable sack located within said casing and having a tubeextending through the central opening in said concavo-convex disk, and ametallic loop having its ends rigidly attached to said concave-convexdisk and its central portion extending outwardly through said opening,substantially as specified.

3. In a punching-bag, the outer casing `4 constructed of the leathersections 5, said sections being cut away at each end, thus producing thecircular openings 7 and 8, the but- IOO ton 9 closing the opening 7;said button conto support the punching-bag, substantially as ro sistingof the cap 10 and the eyelct ll securely specified. locked together byinserting the end 12 of the ln testimony whereof I affix my signatureeyelet into the annular ange 13 of the cap; in presence of twoWitnesses.

5 an iniiatable sack located Within said casing,

a concavo-convex disk located Within said cas- HORACE B' FRAZIER' ing,said disk being large enough to closethe Witnesses: opening 8 and holdsaid sack in position, and A. J. MCCAULEY, means of attaching to saiddisk as required S. G. WELLS.

